HIST 357 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Comity, Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship, Stock Market
23 May 2017
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Who voted for obama to put him in office: voter turnout favored democrats, moderates tended to vote dem, over half of independents, won the suburbs o o. Low income persons, feeling deserted by republicans: wealthy: slightly over half voted dem. Possibly due to increasing number of high-income professional women in the workforce o. Black dem, popular mayor of la, decided to run for gov. of ca. Fear of whites to divulge who they are voting for, lest they be dubbed as racist. But never really materialized, not enough to make a difference o. People would vote for blacks based on him being black. Financial collapse came at perfect time for obama. Anger at bush"s perceived arrogance: unilateralism o. Sarah palin didn"t really help the republicans o. She"s a moron: had to memorize debate question answers. Gender: more and more high-income females in work force o.
